Village · Indpur, Bankura
# Birchandrapur

Birchandrapur is a village in Indpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 546 people in 111 households, the 108th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.
- 546 people (2011)
- 111 households
- 59.0% literacy
- 883 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Birchandrapur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Birchandrapur · ■ Indpur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 24% 33%
- Toilet within the home 0% 10%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 89%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 9%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 82%
- Use banking services 18% 48%
- Television 2% 18%
- Mobile phone 42% 35%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 4% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 8% 24%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Birchandrapur?

■ Birchandrapur · ■ Indpur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.0% 67.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 883 943
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 729 932
- Working population 61.7% 40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 43.9% for women. 60% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 60 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 264 (78%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 6 (2%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Indpur
- Bhutargara 569 people
- Hannya 568 people
- Panjangara 557 people
- Uttarkamalpur 549 people
- Gosainijanara 545 people
- Kaliapathar 544 people
- Arabari 536 people
- Benahar 531 people

All 222 villages in Indpur

## Other places named Birchandrapur
- Birchandrapur · Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum · 3,808 people
- Birchandrapur · Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura · 1,666 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Birchandrapur? 546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birchandrapur in? Bankura district (Indpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Birchandrapur? 59.0% (Census 2011)

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